Tell me the calories I’ve used during a workout
Would DrMuscle be able to tell me the calories I’ve used during a workout? It knows the sets, reps and weight so I think it would be able to do this?
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Dr. Muscle now shows you your calories at the end of each workout, and on your History page (coming soon). Note that counting calories can help you burn fat, but that you must be careful not to eat too much to do so, even if you work out hard.
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- Open the store app on your phone
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Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Quick / turbo mode (30 min workout max)
What I'm encountering now is more of a time crunch especially when the workout starts to add additional sets. I'm by no means quick so I think I'm nearing an hour before I finished my bodyweight workout (and then add in the shower and changing time). This is starting to get more limiting since I do it during the lunch hour at work or if I have a family. Would it be possible to add a "quick" 30ish min workout plan? Could be just the initial 3 sets of increasing reps and 1 cool down set before moving on. Does what I'm saying make any sense?
Cheers,
J
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done!
Open settings and toggle on quick mode to get 2 work sets for all exercises. That way, your workouts should last max 30 minutes.
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Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
"Level up"-Feature for Custom Programs
Suggestion: Apply the same intelligence of the predefined Dr. Muscle Workout Programs to your custom programs.
I'm currently creating a custom workout program, including custom workouts with exercise variations that I enjoy the most. After creating my workout variations (representing the different levels of the program), I expected that 1) I either had the option to apply a certain amount of workouts in order to unlock the next workout of the program, or 2) the app would apply its intelligent features to it automatically. Unfortunately it did neither of them, and after the my first workout of my custom program was done, I was directly referred to the workout of the next level in the program.
In order to solve this I have two ideas in mind:
- Make it possible to customize the current Dr.Muscle workouts and programs. If so; I would be able to replace the exercises of the current Full-body workouts (2-3/wk) as I wouldn't use it in it's "current condition". By doing so, the underlying intelligence is still applied to the program, with the only difference that the labels of the exercises are replaced with my preferred exercises. This one sounds like the easiest, but perhaps not the most long term fix.
- Make it possible to create new programs through a predefined template. This one is correlated to 1) in the sense that I rather get the option to choose what exercises, and the amount of workouts, in the framework of an intelligent program. For example there would be a section where the user would add all his or her level 1 workouts, a section for all level 2 workouts etc. Then the workouts in each level would be iterated in the same way as of the predefined Dr. Muscle programs. There could even be recommendation on when to add easy workouts etc.
This is just a rough draft of thoughts coming from a fitness enthusiast, and there could easily be more obvious solutions to this. But short and sweet; apply the intelligence of the predefined programs to the user's custom workouts.
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done! You can now level up custom programs you create inside the app or via our Web app. This lets you link programs together over long training cycles and change exercises, rep ranges, and more over time. I would only recommend that for avanced users who know what they're doing.
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Really appreciate your support and advice. Thanks!
Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
More (or fewer) warm-up sets for certain exercises
One observation I'd like to make is maybe making an option to have more warm-up sets for certain exercises? I'm squatting later today and some of the jumps between warm-up sets seem quite large?
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done!
Tap "..." next to an exercise and "use custom warm-ups" to set your warm-ups sets from 0 to as many as you want. In the next release, you'll also be able to set a global setting (for all exercise).
If you're on Android, you can update now. If you're on iPhone, you'll have to wait 2-3 days for Apple to approve it. To update:
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- Search for Dr. Muscle
- Tap update
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Really appreciate your support and advice. Thanks!
Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Automated drop-set function
Personally I would love to see an automated drop-set function (obviously this can just be done manually but I wonder how this affects the algorithm for the next workout-guess we shall find out if it asks me to deload or start with a super light weight :-).
Thanks y'all for your patience! Instead of drop sets, we ended up automating rest-pause sets. In some ways, they're better. To learn more, check out this new guide: http://drmuscleapp.com/news/rest-pause/.
I'm marking this feature as completed. If you voted for it, now would be a great time to suggest and vote for other features. Here are the top voted features: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#.
All the best,
Carl
Missing exercise animations
Some exercises have very helpful animations of what I’ll call “Mr. Muscle” to show the movements for an exercise. For some exercises, however, those are missing completely. Each and every exercise in the app should have such an animation. This inconsistency isn't great.
Examples of exercises where animations are missing:
- Plate row
- Barbell shoulder press
- Standing barbell triceps extension
This is just from from my workout program. There could be far more exercises missing an animation.
Hi guys,
You are correct: we have hundreds of exercises in the app, and they don't all have videos because that would make the app quite a hefty download. You can, however, tap "..." and "Video instructions" next to all exercises to learn more.
I can see this is getting more and more votes. We'll be happy to look into ways to fit more videos into the app (perhaps at a smaller size) when this becomes the top-requested feature.
Thanks for your feedback!
Carl
Add more Body metrics besides weight.
You have body weight and I see you are planning on adding more metrics.
You also say in the weight info that check how your pants fit to see if they are loose. Meaning your weight can stay the same or even increase when you add muscle. So checking your waist line will let you know if you are losing fat. In general. It would be nice to be able to add the waist measurement for tracking. And possibly a fat% I use a scale and look for trends not absolutes. Possibly other measurements for tracking.
Customize the number of sets (e.g. 10 sets for German Volume Training)
I plan to use the standard workouts for a few months. I just wondered if there was a way to program my next training block (in about 4-6 months) using German Volume Training methods with 10 sets.
[Also useful for 5x5 programs and the like.]
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done! You can now customize sets in Settings and for every exercise by tapping the pen icon. In the next release, you'll also be able to customize them at the workout level.
If you're on Android, you can update now (v1234). If you're on iPhone, you'll have to wait 2-3 days for Apple to approve it. To update:
- Open the store app on your phone
- Search for Dr. Muscle
- Tap update
Now would be a great time to suggest and vote for our next feature. If you'd like to do that, please visit: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#.
Really appreciate your support and advice. Thanks!
Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Allow user to "FAVORITE" an exercise
I am doing 2 extra exercises at the end of each workout. It is a time waster to have to find the correct name of the 2 exercises and type in the search box the name every day. This is very easily improved by the below method:
Allow user to "FAVORITE" an exercise (and "UN-FAVORITE" it later), which then shows as a first tab ("Favorites") before the body parts. This way the list can be maintained by user, who can add and remove exercises from this list as needed. I like this option the best as it is customizable.
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done! You can now “Favorite” an exercise to see it at the top of your exercise list. To mark an exercise as a favorite, tap More next to it, Settings, and toggle on Favorite. You can toggle Favorite off the same way.
If you're in the beta:
On Android, you can already download the update. On iPhone? You'll have to wait 2-3 days for Apple to approve it. To update:
- Open the store app on your phone
- Search for Dr. Muscle
- Tap update
Not in the beta? Write back if you'd like to get in. Otherwise, you'll see a notification to update inside the app in 7-10 days when the public version comes out.
Now would be a great time to suggest and vote for our next feature. If you'd like to do that, please visit: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#.
Really appreciate your support and advice. Thanks!
Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
Unilateral exercise options
For exercises such as the Dumbell Row, the reps need to be done twice, one for each arm. Currently the app does the weights, reps, and rest times once. That takes care of one arm … there is no way to repeat for the other arm. If the set could be repeated a second time for the other arm it would be great. Currently, I do reps for one arm, then don't save the set until after I do the same reps for the other arm …. but if the "rest time" is 19 seconds and it takes 60 seconds to do the exercise reps the "rest periods" are not accurate. Seems to defeat the purpose of the variable recovery periods for each set. Should be able to repeat the set for the other arm.
Thanks for voting for this feature -- it's done! The app will now guide you through both sides of unilateral exercises when you do your sets. You can now also created (and edit) custom exercise to mark them as unilateral.
If you're on Android, you can update now. If you're on iPhone, you'll have to wait 2-3 days for Apple to approve it. To update:
- Open the store app on your phone
- Search for Dr. Muscle
- Tap update
Now would be a great time to suggest and vote for our next feature. If you'd like to do that, please visit: https://muscle.userecho.com/communities/1-submit-your-feedback/topics#.
Really appreciate your support and advice. Thanks!
Carl Juneau, PhD
Founder of Dr. Muscle
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